Remove Background:
- Two-phase flow: AI removes bg once, then effects adjust instantly
- Blur background effect with real-time CSS preview (portrait mode)
- Drop shadow effect with opacity control
- Gradient backgrounds with presets, custom colors, and angle
- Custom background image upload (including HEIC/HEIF)
- Solid color backgrounds moved from Python to Node.js/Sharp
- Effects-only API endpoint for instant re-renders without AI re-run
- HEIC/HEIF input support (decoded before passing to Python/rembg)
- Passport/ID photo checkbox defaults ON for People subject
- Before/after slider preserved when no effects active
- 15 comprehensive Playwright e2e tests
Color Tools:
- Consolidated 4 tools (brightness-contrast, saturation, color-channels,
color-effects) into single "Adjust Colors" tool
- Added exposure, temperature, tint, hue, sharpness controls
- SVG filter-based live preview for all adjustments
- Backward-compatible URL redirects from old tool paths
Other fixes:
- Favicon tool: download button instead of auto-download
- Batch processing: HEIC filename extension fix
- File store: processedFilename field for proper batch downloads
- Add bidirectional HEIF support: decode (input) and encode (output) via system heif-convert/heif-enc
- Add server-side WebP preview generation for non-browser-previewable formats (HEIC, TIFF)
- Fix content-aware resize failing on HEIF input (decode before passing to caire)
- Fix content-aware resize timeout on large images by downscaling to max 1200px and using JPEG intermediate
- Add HEIF as target format in convert tool
- Add loading spinner for HEIF preview decode in file store
- Fix file picker not accepting HEIF files (explicit .heic,.heif,.hif extensions)
- Extend frontend timeout for medium tools to 180s with 45s progress animation
- Redesign rotate controls with preset buttons and compact flip section
- Remove misleading savings percentage from convert tool
Add serverFileId to FileEntry, pass fileId in tool processor formData when
a file originates from the Files page, and set serverFileId on the loaded
entry so subsequent tool runs create new file versions instead of duplicates.
After upload: dropzone replaced by image viewer with zoom controls.
After processing: review panel shows result preview, file info, download,
undo button, and suggested next tools for chaining.
Draggable split-view slider with clip-path reveals original vs processed
image. Shows file size badges with savings percentage. Supports pointer
events for both mouse and touch. Integrated into tool-page to replace
dropzone after processing completes. Updated file-store with
originalBlobUrl for comparison. Enhanced dropzone with multi-file count
badge and file list display.
Adds Zustand file store, useToolProcessor hook for upload/process/download
flow, and 7 settings components: resize (with social media presets), crop
(with aspect ratio presets), rotate/flip, convert, compress (quality +
target size modes), strip-metadata, and color adjustments (brightness,
contrast, saturation, channels, effects). Updates tool-page to render the
appropriate settings panel based on toolId.
Siddharth Kumar Sah